This is certainly true for some chameleon species (the Roti Island Snake Necked Turtle might also agree, for example). Wild-caught chameleons fare horribly in the pet trade, often dying within a year, often dying in-transit. Here’s an online source the ASA might have started with September 2001 CHAMELEON information Network Journal No. 41, p. 11 by Ardi Abate, or even this:http://www.animalarkshelter.org/cin/.